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except at the sides towards the base, where it is thick and yeUow, 

 but shorter than in the cf . 



Legs black, shining, with some blackish brown hairs on hind 

 pair, a not very strong black tooth on under side near tip ( cr" $ ). 

 Femora black, tips tawny, some black short bristly hair, mixed 

 with yellow hairs on the lower side of the fore pair : the middle pair 

 have long brownish yellow hair above and below (much longer in 

 the cf ) ; the hind pair in the & are covered with long yellow hair on 

 the upper side, and longer brown hair on the under side ; in the 9 

 there ic short yellow silky hair on the upper side, and brown hair 

 below, which is neither as long or as thick as in the & . The fore 

 tibiae {& 9 ) are tawny, with a long black streak in front, extending 

 from the tip nearly to the base. In the & there are minute black 

 hairs in front, and longer black silky hair behind ; in the 2 they 

 are nearly bare, only a few short, black hairs being present. The 

 middle pair are bright lemon-yellow (cf ? ), and have soft pale 

 yellow hair in the & , which is very long behind ; whereas in the 

 ? they are almost bare, except for some moderateh' long pale 

 yellow hairs behind. The hind tibiae are blackish brown (darker 

 in cf ) ; the tips narrowly brown ( o^ ) or the colour spread more 

 or less over the upper side towards the tip ( 9 ). The o' has a row 

 of long and ver^^ thick dark brown hair on the front, outer and hin- 

 dermost sides, being longest on the latter, whilst the 9 has only 

 very short black hairs, which attain to a short row of bristly hair on 

 the upper side ; and some moderately long silky brownish black 

 hair on the lower side. Tarsi blackish brown, with short black 

 hairs ; basal joint of middle pair pale 3'ellow in 9 above and be- 

 low ; under side of hind pair with gold-brown short pubescence. 



Wings pale grey, a little darker yellowish brown from the an- 

 terior margin to about the 3rd longitudinal vein. Halteres tawny. 

 Tegular pale yellow, with long yellow hair. 



Described from a & from Assam (Sibsagar) and a 9 from 

 Sikkim, both in the Indian Museum collection in excellent condi- 

 tion. A very conspicuous species. 



DEINECHES, Wlk. j 



- D. simioides, mihi, sp. nov. 

 •. • [Id. id., Bigot, noui. nud.) _ • ' 



c^. Orient. Long. 18 mm. (without snout). 



Head : vertex black. Byes reddish bronze, facets uniform, 

 touching for only a short space above frontal prominence. An- 

 tennae light reddish brown, situated on a short black prominence. 

 Snout produced. Face black, shining, with a greyish dusted wide 

 stripe on each side. Back of head blackish grey, nearly bare. 



Thorax obscure blackish grey (apparently). Humeral calli 

 brown ; a greyish stripe on sides. Scutellum blackish, hairy. 

 The whole dorsum and sides of thorax clothed with thick blackish 

 grey and brown hair. 



